Harriet Jacobs: A Life
by Yellin, Jean Fagan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0465092888
- ISBN 13
- 9780465092888
- Seller
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York, Basic Civitas Books, 2004, hardcover, xxi-394 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine in Fine dustjacket, Signed and inscribed by the Author as an addendum on the dedication page, "and for Daniel-with all good wishes, Jean Fagan Yellin 10/04" Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight bumps to head and heel of spine, one page edge wrinkled. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, as new in protective Brodart sleeve. Drawing upon decades of original research with never-before-seen archival sources Yellin creates a complete picture of Harriet Jacobs, author of one of the most widely read slave narratives of all time, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and brings to life the struggles and triumphs of this extraordinary woman whose life reflected all the major changes of the nineteenth century, from slavery to the Civil War to Reconstruction to the origins of the modern Civil Rights movement. Illustrated with a selection of black-&-white photographs on 8 glossy plates, Appended: Notes, Select Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780465092888
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- Bookseller
- West of Eden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11422
- Title
- Harriet Jacobs: A Life
- Author
- Yellin, Jean Fagan
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing by numberline
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0465092888
- ISBN 13
- 9780465092888
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- December 23, 2003
- Keywords
- African American women social reformers; Biography & Autobiography; Cultural Heritage; Feminine; Jacobs, Harriet A; Slavery; Slaves; Social Science; United States
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